Jennifer Doleac on Crime

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🗓️ 21 January 2019

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Economist Jennifer Doleac of Texas A&M University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about her research on crime, police, and the unexpected consequences of the criminal justice system. Topics discussed include legislation banning asking job applicants if they've been in prison, body cameras for police, the use of DNA databases, the use of Naloxone to prevent death from opioid overdose, and the challenges of being an economist who thinks about crime using the economist's toolkit.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Econ Talk, part of the Library of Economics and Liberty.
0:08.0	I'm your host, Russ Roberts, of Stanford University's Hoover Institution.
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0:48.3	And now for today's guest, economics professor Jennifer Dollyak of Texas A&M University,
0:53.8	where she's the director of the Justice Tech Lab.
0:56.6	She has done extensive research on issues related to crime, which is her topic for today.
1:00.7	Jennifer, welcome to econtalk.
1:02.4	Thank you.
1:03.4	Thanks for having me.
1:05.6	The homepage of the Justice Tech Lab, which you're the director of, says, technology is transforming
1:11.5	the criminal justice system.
1:13.0	Let's make sure it's for the better.
1:15.0	I want to take each of those at one to time.
1:19.9	Maybe it's transforming the criminal justice system in what ways, or some of the ways that's
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